By Zecharias Zelalem In what is perhaps the biggest upset of the 2018 CAF Confederations Cup thus far, Ethiopian upstarts Wolaita Dicha emerged shock winners of their two legged first round tie, overcoming Zamalek of Egypt in a penalty shootout at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo. The Bees of Kawa Tona lost 2-1 in […]

Ethiopian debutants Wolaitta Dicha produced one of CAF competitions biggest shocks when they eliminated Egyptian giants and five times African champions Zamalek from the first round, beating them 4-3 on penalties at El Salam stadium in Cairo on Sunday. Regular time ended with Zamalek winning 2-1, reversing their identical score defeat last week in Hawassa. Ahmed […]

Egyptian giants Zamalek suffered a humiliating exit from the African Confederation Cup on Sunday, losing 4-3 on penalties at home to Ethiopia’s Welayta Dicha in the second leg of their last-32 tie. Zamalek, five times former champions of Africa, were beaten by a side playing in an African club competition for the first time. Welayta […]

KCCA have become Uganda’s first team to qualify for the group stage of the premier continental club championship. Mike Mutebi’s team qualified after a 1-0 win over Ethiopia’s Saint George in their 1/16th round second leg on Saturday in Kampala. The hosts qualified on a 1-0 goal aggregate after a goalless draw away in Addis Ababa […]

Ethiopian flag bearers, Saint George, face a daunting task when they tackle Ugandan giants Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) in the return leg slated for Saturday, 17 March 2018 in Kampala. The two sides settled for a barren draw in the first leg last week in Addis Ababa. A string of poor results in the […]

Battling high winds, Kenyan Erick Kiptanui and Etagegn Woldu of Ethiopia prevailed in their respective races at the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday. Women’s Race In the women’s event, which started 15 minutes before the men’s, also had seven women in contention through the first 17 kilometres in the […]

Coming from behind in the 38th kilometre, Meskerem Assefa of Ethiopia cruised to a one-minute victory at the Nagoya Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday (11). Assefa passed Kenyan Valary Jemeli Aiyabei en route to victory in 2:21:45, the third fastest performance ever in Nagoya which this year underscored its status as the largest […]

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline is proud to announce that it has named Three times Olympic Gold Medallist, Tirunesh Dibaba as its Brand Ambassador on March 8, International Women Day, while the airline launched its debut flight to Buenos Aires, its 6th gateway to the Americas, with an all women operated flight. […]

By Zecharias Zelalem Winning and losing are part of sport. Hence why the ability to handle both with the utmost grace and professionalism is encompassed as part of what is labelled “sportsmanship.” But British middle distance runner Laura Muir and a consortium of media outlets appear to be having difficulty processing this concept. Their reaction […]